Farm trip - Tuesday

 Hello Year One parents

Don't forget we are off to the farm tomorrow. (Tuesday 26th September)  Children should have suitable footwear and a warm coat please. We will be leaving at around 10.15am and will be back for lunch. 

Thank you

The Year One Team

This week in Year One

 Hello Year One families

Once again it has been a busy week in Year One. Not only have we squeezed in a visit to the zoo and 'zoomed' with a sculptor we have also been busy claiming our counters for our play projects.

This week the focus has been on:

 Animals and where they live and the seven continents

Making animal enclosures in construction

Developing fine motor skills by using toothbrushes to clean the animals

Splatting teen numbers with friends

Accurately counting shells into egg boxes.

Writing in a variety of ways by: leaving messages in chalk, completing a clipboard challenge linked to science, writing welcome notes to Mr Benn.

The staff in Year One work and play alongside the children whilst they are completing the play projects, teaching children subject specific knowledge, skills and language. The children are learning through play, just the way we like it! 

Farm and Market visits:

We are visiting the farm on Tuesday 27th September from 10.10am until 12.30pm and Dorchester Market on Wednesday 5th October (in the morning). If you would like to come and help on either of these trips please do let me know.

Next week we start our faith, food and farming fortnight with lots of exciting learning happening. 

The Year One Team

Mrs March, Mrs Stockman, Ms Browne, Mrs Rogers, Miss McCourt

Meeting a sculptor and developing artistic skills

 On Thursday we met Nick Mackman, an award winning sculptor. She showed us her amazing sculptures and gave us some handy hints about how to create our own animals using clay. We are looking forward to trying this out next week. It certainly inspired lots of children to go back and try to improve their skills again. It was fascinating to see how the children's models were adapted and made even better using the techniques they had been taught. We began the week using salt dough and ended the week using playdough. . . . next week we move onto clay.

Marvellous Marwell!

 What a fantastic trip we had to Marwell Zoo on Wednesday. The children had a wonderful time exploring all Marwell had to offer. We listened to some talks about the animals, learning about zebra, oryx and rhinos as well as a visit to the Tropical House to find out about the rainforest. 

The children got to see lots of large and small animals up close and a visit to the play park couldn't be missed!

Marwell Zoo Reminder - what to bring and wear

 Hello Reception families

In case you are unsure, please can children wear their Prince Of Wales jumpers/polo tops and then whatever is comfortable on the bottom. Children can wear trainers, school shoes or sturdy shoes as there will be lots of walking. Children should have a backpack that they can carry with their lunch (if you are providing it) as well as a bottle of water. Don't forget to be at school at 8.45am and we will be back around 5pm tomorrow.

Any other questions just drop me an email.

See you all in the morning.

Mrs March

A wonderful week and Marwell Zoo reminder

 Hello Year One families

What a wonderful week we have had at school. The children visited drawing club and wrote code words and sentences about an animals favourite food and what other animals might live in the zoo. We have practiced our letter formation of c, a, o, e, f and g this week too.

In maths we have learnt about counting back and one more and one less.

We have nominated our Pupil Voice(s) for Year One. Congratulations to Jack and Yasmine.

We also nominated our Eco Crew. Congratulations to Nellie and Ralph.

The children will attend meetings and represent our class for this term.

We have also been learning in lots of new ways around the classroom. This week we:

 Practiced our model making skills ahead of our 'zoom' with Nick Mackman next week. 

Learnt some more facts about different continents. Keep the home learning coming in . . . we are enjoying playing 'Guess the continent'.

Independently practiced our maths learning by sorting objects, using a tens frame, counting and making 1 more.

We wrote to the zoo keeper to tell him what animals we could see.

Investigated animals and their groups (often using magnifying glasses).

Built animal enclosures - inside and outside.

Marwell Zoo

Don't forget we are off to Marwell zoo on Wednesday 21st September. Children should arrive promptly at 8.45am as we will be leaving at 9am. Please make sure your child is packed for all weather! This includes a raincoat, suncream and a sun hat. Please provide you child with a packed lunch and snacks for the day. If you have ordered a lunch we will take those with us. A bottle of water will also be needed.We aim to be back at school at 5pm.

If you have volunteered to help on the school trip please could you confirm you are coming  either via email or on the door on Tuesday.

Another wonderful week in Year One and an exciting one to look forward to next week. See you all on Tuesday.

The Year One Team

Mrs March, Ms Browne, Mrs Rogers, Mrs Stockman and Miss McCourt